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Will people start caring for their privacy if most of the links posted were tracking free?

The reason I am asking is because despite the amount of posts I posted and all the ways that I advocated for getting news from tracking free websites/ non-profits, people don't seem to change.

I still see people posting links from people, the independent, CBS, Vox Media and other evil companies still being posted.

Will people on the long-term change or is it a lost cause?

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

Hmm, seems to me the more reasonable ask would be for people to play solid general defense rather than to cut out specific "evil companies". Use a decent piece of anti-tracking software. Be thoughtful about what data they give out when signing up for services.

Versus telling people to avoid CBS, which likely comes off a wee bit conspiracy-sounding to the layman.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (1 children)

One problem I see in your way of thought here, adblock use among social media users will never reach 100%.

Furthermore, adblockers are getting weaker with Google Chrome MV3. All of this leads to the logical conclusion in my eyes that you can only change the sources that power users use which will eventually lead to better privacy for all people involved. You will never be able to control people setups to be super private.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 hours ago

Not gonna get people to stop watching CBS either.